News: School of Music
![Mivos String Quartet performs](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/Mivos%20String%20Quartet.main_.jpg?itok=lMe8aAQ2)
The festival features a production of the opera "Both Eyes Open," ensemble-in-residence the Mivos Quartet, and guest composer-in-residence Valentin Silvestrov.
![Chris Tilman and his son Wyatt](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/Tilman_D70872_22.jpg?itok=b84jqkxN)
This political science major is a jazz lover and car buff.
![Adam Schroeder holding saxophone](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D70956_18.jpg?itok=1oQqIXGj)
This new member of the music faculty wants to inspire students as they learn more about their own individual melodies.
![Home Free group shot](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/Home-Free-002-main.jpg?itok=KmEfRek-)
The PAC is Southern Nevada’s longstanding performing arts venue for more than 40 years, and features the acclaimed Charles Vanda Master Series, the Allegro Guitar Series at UNLV, and the UNLV Chamber Music Series.
![Nancy J. Uscher](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/nc_finearts.jpg?itok=p5_dKCNQ)
A renowned concert violist and experienced university administrator, Uscher comes to UNLV after five years as president of Seattle’s Cornish College of the Arts.
![Enzu Chang](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/EC2016.jpg?itok=f3er63Eh)
The two UNLV students will teach English and perform research abroad. One is headed to Korea, the other to Colombia.
![George Grove](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/Grove_D70779_11.jpg?itok=75Ft_UZT)
Advice from George Grove, College of Fine Arts Alumnus of the Year
![Virko Baley pets dog in front of keyboard](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/Virko%202016.jpg?itok=EK7aA2CD)
Virko Baley, distinguished professor and composer-in-residence, will be celebrated with a concert of his work May 2.
![Kiss Me Kate](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/Kiss%20Me%20Kate.main_.jpg?itok=CtAjyU6A)
Brush up your Shakespeare with this hilarious, toe-tapping musical comedy about the joys and madness of mixing love, rivalry, and the theater.
![Mak Grgic holds guitar](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/MakGrgic2.main_.jpg?itok=8N1XG43s)
In a new and exciting collaboration, guitarists Adam del Monte and Mak Grgic team up as a fresh and spontaneous duo.
![David Orlowsky](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/David_Orlowsky_3__Kaupo_Kikkas_web.jpg?itok=On6hdEsf)
Trio applies its brand of "chamber world music" to the traditional sound of the Ashkenazi Jews.
![Patrick Duffy, Danielle Kelly, Hugh Taylor, Marlena Shaw, and Johnny Thompson](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/hof.jpg?itok=qxyENEdu)
Also being recognized are Dean's Medal recipient Patrick Duffy, and College of Fine Arts Alumnus of the Year, Danielle Kelly ('07).